Indian Troops Still Digging As Quake Toll Nears 1,400

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October 26, 1991

LUCKNOW, INDIA — The known death toll from an earthquake that struck the Himalayan foothills in north India rose to nearly 1,400 Friday, senior police officials said. They said hundreds of soldiers and paramilitary troops helped by volunteers had dug 1,387 bodies from the remnants of towns and villages near the Indo-Tibetan border shattered by Sunday's quake. Rescue workers were still trying to reach villages in the high hills, where the number of casualties was not known.